I'm so mad at myself for taking too much off. Hopefully they survive. As for the aftercare, I don't have space to dig it into the ground. Right now it's placed in a wooden box (to stop the wind) thats the same height as the tree and the bottom is filled with leaves. Will that help it survive? Does the tree need to be in full sun and only the pot/roots covered in leaves? Help. I will get aphoto later once I leave work.
as long as you havnt messed with the roots, leaving it where it receives light and sun should be fine. funnily enough i like the second one, it looks like a wild spruce, but yes its a lot all at once, ive been guilty of this on a few occasions. i assume the material is cheap and easy to come by so good for learning on. but you may as well go all out and remove the two low branches, for the 'literati' look, seriously though, were there any buds on the branches you've left? the main thing with hard pruning spruce is leaving buds on the branches for sap to flow to, otherwise they'll struggle. in future you could reduce the base with carving....or a pair of knob cutters
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